Sweet Pickled Carrots

Ingredients

 * 2 lbs peeled carrots
 * 1 cup sugar
 * 2 cup vinegar
 * 1½ cups water
 * 1 tsp salt
 * 1 cinnamon stick
 * 1 tbsp mixed pickling spice

Directions

 * 1) Cook carrots in boiling water until crisp-tender. Drain.
 * 2) Cut carrots into 3-inch-long sticks and pack upright in small hot sterilized jars.
 * 3) Combine sugar, vinegar, water and salt in saucepan.
 * 4) Tie cinnamon stick and pickling spice in cheesecloth bag and add to vinegar mixture. Boil 5 to 8 minutes.
 * 5) Fill jars with boiling syrup, leaving ½-inch head space.
 * 6) Adjust lids and process in boiling water bath 30 minutes.